Vernu Visvalingam MD in Leominster, Massachusetts

Medical School: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vernu Visvalingam MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0547237349
NPI #: 1396700274
NPI Created On: 04/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/08/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
ME84370
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Florida Health Care Plans
• Humana
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths in large bowel using an endoscope
5. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
7. Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
14. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).